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What is in a name?

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” Those ...

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15.22 13 Aug 2025


What is in a name?


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15.22 13 Aug 2025


“What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.”

Those of you who know your Shakespeare will immediately recognise that quote from Romeo and Juliet, but how much truth is there in it?

Is your name intrinsically part of your personality, or is it an incidental element of who you are?

Writer and Filmmaker Molly Furey has been contemplating this very question in today’s Irish Times. She joins guest host Fionnuala Jones to discuss.


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